Precious Promise chords by Steven Curtis Chapman

Key: G

🎸 Intro:

G D/F# Em7 Csus2



🎸 Verse 1:
G          D/F#
Oh what a precious promise
Em7        Bm7
Oh what a gift of love
  C       D
An angel tells a virgin that
G           C
She's gonna have a son
   G            D/F#
And though it's a precious promise
  Em7          Bm7
She wonders how can this be
C           D
What will the people say
      G
And what if Joseph can't believe
     Am7
And her questions and her fears
  Am7b5           G
Are met with an overwhelming joy
   D/F#       Em7
That God has chosen her
C          D/C
Oh what a precious promise
Am7      D        G  D/F# Em7 D/C C
Mary waits as heaven comes to earth

🎸 Verse 2:
G          D/F#
Oh what a precious promise
Em7        Bm7
Oh what a gift of love
C         D
Joseph makes his choice to do
  G
What few men would have done
    Am7
To take Mary as his bride
      Am7b5        G
When she's already carrying a child
   D/F#     Em7
That isn't his own
C          D/C
Oh what a precious promise
Am7      D        G  D/F#
Mary and the child will have a home

🎸 Bridge:
   Em7         Bm7
And shepherds stand on a hillside
       C        D       C   G
Their hearts racing with the news the angel told them
 Em7            Bm7
A star's light fills up the dark sky
    C         G/B     C
As the night of precious promise is unfolding

🎸 Verse 3:
G          D/F#
Oh what a precious promise
Em7        Bm7
Oh what a gift of love
   C       D
The waiting now is over and
  G
The time has finally come
    Am7
For the God who made this world
  Am7b5
To roll back the curtain
   G        D/F#       Em7
And unveil His passion for the heart of man
C          D/C
Oh what a precious promise
Am7     D    D#dim  Em7
Lying in a manger in Bethlehem
C
Oh what a precious promise
Am7     D       G  D/F# Em7 C2 G
Lying in a manger in Bethlehem